When Taylor Swift was 17, she scored the opening slot for Kenny Chesney’s tour. Then, the tour got sponsored by a beer company, making Swift too young to join.
Months later, at Swift’s 18th birthday party, Chesney’s promoter handed her a card from Chesney that read, as Swift recalls, “I’m sorry that you couldn’t come on the tour, so I wanted to make it up to you.” With the note was a check. “It was for more money than I’d ever seen in my life,” Swift says. “I was able to pay my band bonuses. I was able to pay for my tour buses. I was able to fuel my dreams”
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